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Nifty Thrifty:  Upcycling an old horse trailer  |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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 Posted - Oct 12 2011 : 08:58:31 AM
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My landlords have an old horse trailer and I'm thinking of seeing if they'll sell it to me, no one uses it for anything. So I think with a bit of work it would make a great, secure moveable chicken coop! I'm thinking that it has plenty of room in the storage compartment to store chicken food and equipment, and if I framed in and meshed the open window, as well as made storm shutters for it that it is certainly big enough to house a dozen or so hens.
It isn't used due to the fact that the floor is too un-sound to hold horses any more. But with work it would be a very secure shelter for a bunch of hens. I've had trouble keeping chickens due to so much predator activity in the area. every time I think I've got a secure coop the skunks, roaming neighbor dogs and raccoons prove me wrong  So this time, I'd be keeping them in a steel coop, chew/dig through that ya varmints! 
I'd be using electric chicken mesh to keep them in any area that I moved them to.
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
http://pinterest.com/annikaloveshats/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
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Posted - Oct 12 2011 : 09:33:27 AM
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Good idea. Steel is difficult for varmints to get through for sure.
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Oct 12 2011 : 11:17:33 AM
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You could do some fun things for decorating the outside too!!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 03:15:16 AM
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Oh that sounds wonderful for the chickens & yes it sounds like it would be super safe for them as well.....I can see it now, all decorated in the MJ farmgirl style.....:)......Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 08:29:22 AM
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I am having a devil of a time trying to think of which colors to paint it! I'll be painting my own house a soft sage green next spring, I'm considering a similar combo of soft sage-y green with darker green shutters and a big shabby floral print scallop edged awning over the back doors to give the girls a bit of shade from the sun!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
http://pinterest.com/annikaloveshats/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
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Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 09:49:17 AM
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I like it, I like it!
The trail is the thing.... Louis L'Amour |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 10:05:45 AM
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just remember, that you will need to put that trailer under a tree in the warm months, cause it will heat up to an oven with the sun beating on it...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 11:20:39 AM
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Tina, I'll be parking it under some large trees and hoping that during the day the hens will use the underneath of the trailer for shade...I'll probably have to make a daily routine of fishing eggs out from beneath it, but I can live with that for fresh eggs and the company of chickens =)
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
http://pinterest.com/annikaloveshats/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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Summer dream
Farmgirl at Heart
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Marianne
Walkerton
In
USA
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Posted - Nov 16 2011 : 12:29:58 PM
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I recent met a lady who turned an old Fiberglas
Mini motor home into a movable. Chick coop .yours sounds great. Marianne
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Kim L.
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kimberly
Knoxville
TN
USA
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Posted - Dec 02 2011 : 11:21:08 AM
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| Love the idea Annika! Now I wish we would have kept our old trailer! Post some pictures please :) |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Dec 03 2011 : 05:30:58 AM
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What a cool idea Annika! I think you may be on to something here as long as the conversion does not cost a bunch of money only to find out the varmits can still get in and attack your hens. If you go with it, please send pics because it sounds like a very useful way to upcycle!!
Winnie #3109
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